Quick definitions from WordNet (down)▸ noun:(American football) a complete play to advance the football ("You have 4 downs to gain 10 yards")▸ noun:soft fine feathers▸ noun:fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)▸ noun:(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil▸ noun:English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)▸ verb:bring down or defeat (an opponent)▸ verb:cause to come or go down ("The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect")▸ verb:shoot at and force to come down▸ verb:eat immoderately ("Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal")▸ verb:improve or perfect by pruning or polishing▸ verb:drink down entirely ("He downed three martinis before dinner")▸ adjective:shut ("The shades were down")▸ adjective:understood perfectly ("Had his algebra problems down")▸ adjective:being or moving lower in position or less in some value ("Lay face down")▸ adjective:the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase ("The down payment")▸ adjective:not functioning (temporarily or permanently) ("We can't work because the computer is down")▸ adjective:cut down ("The tree is down")▸ adverb:spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position ("Don't fall down")▸ adverb:away from a more central or a more northerly place ("Was sent down to work at the regional office")▸ adverb:paid in cash at time of purchase ("Put ten dollars down on the necklace")▸ adverb:in an inactive or inoperative state ("The factory went down during the strike")▸ adverb:to a lower intensity ("He slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black")▸ adverb:from an earlier time ("The story was passed down from father to son")▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #20938)
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